Poussin's Women : Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works / Troy Thomas.

By:

Thomas, Troy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Visual and material culture, 1300-1700Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:

text
still image

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789048552382
9048552389

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DDC classification:

759.4 23
709.944 23

LOC classification:

ND553.P8 T46 2020
N6853.P66 T567 2020

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Contents:

Violence and virtue in Poussin's representations of women -- Poussin's women: cultural and social frames -- Paintings and drawings.

Summary: This book examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book's thematic chapters investigate Poussin's women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin's paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist's works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-370) and index.

Violence and virtue in Poussin's representations of women -- Poussin's women: cultural and social frames -- Paintings and drawings.

This book examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book's thematic chapters investigate Poussin's women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin's paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist's works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works.

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